SAN BERNARDINO – Four defendants remain in the case against a group of sheriff’s deputies accused in a decade-long pay scandal.

The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office originally charged seven people with felony charges tied to a scam involving the falsification of training documents for increased pay and retirement benefits.

Dan Morain

Upon counsel’s advice, political operative Joel Fox declined to discuss the $11 million that was funneled to his political action committee last fall, other than to say he had done nothing wrong, and that he had received a subpoena from the Fair Political Practices Commission.

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit will drop to less than $1 trillion for the first time in five years, but massive spending cuts that have improved the budget outlook are also slowing the economy, according to a report released Tuesday by the Congressional Budget office.